todd: it is wednesday october 20 eighth and this is a fox news alert. 1000 leaders ransacked philadelphia in a second line of unrest which we are there lives. >> that is a blatant lie. jillian: exclusive claims from hunter biden's ask business associate about joe biden's alleged involvement in his son's business deals, the interview you will only see on fox news. todd: one week until election day, donald from making two stops in the sunbelt today but nothing on joe biden's calendar.

"fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ i am thinking i love you ♪ breaking the window ♪ nothing holding me back ♪ jillian: some might argue there is something holding joe biden back, he's not out as much as the president is, not a surprise, he made the surprise stop in chester, pennsylvania, curious to see if he has any other surprise stops. that is what i say about that. good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. todd: six days until election day, joe biden and donald trump trading shop on the campaign trail come biden calling trump a con man, the president same as the depression. >> a focus on the battleground state of pennsylvania. good morning.

>> reporter: pennsylvania may deliver that. this may be the most important state, deciding factor, donald trump won in 2016 by 44,000 votes, sizing up to be a nailbiter. the real clear politics average for pennsylvania biden leading by less than for points, candidate at this state hard. the president hammering biden over the oil and gas industry, to walk back his position on fracking. in michigan the president drew a sharp contrast between the two men. >> this election is a choice between superrecovery went to biden depression. your 401(k)s down the tubes. nancy pelosi will not approve stimulus.

>> biden launched a scathing character attack on donald trump. >> we have seen charlatans, conmen, phony populists who sought to play on our fears. and the oldest scabs we have for their own political game. >> reporter: the keystone state could keep a subway on election night, pennsylvania supreme court ruled any ballot postmarked by 8:00 pm november 3rd will be counted up to 3 days after. 2 million voters have already voted but the campaign is keeping a stronger presence. first lady milania was in the philadelphia area yesterday. >> socialist agenda will serve to destroy america and all that has been built in the past four years.

>> reporter: ivanka has an appearance in pittsburgh while her dad holds two rallies in arizona. joe biden is not traveling as far as we know today although he will make remarks in wilmington regarding healthcare. jillian: thank you. todd: mainstream media blasting donald trump with a new study by the media research center shows 92% of donald trump's coverage on evening newscasts was negative compared to joe biden with 66% of his coverage positive. media watchdog group analyzed airtime with abc, abc and cbs. jillian: fox news exclusive interview. hunter biden's former business associate calling joe biden's denial of alleged involvement in his son's stealing the blanket lie. todd: more on tony bobalinsky with tucker carlson.

>> reporter: an exclusive fox news interview tony bobalinsky said he met with the former vice president twice in 2017 and claims joe biden is lying about not having any knowledge or involvement in his son's foreign business dealings. >> that is a blatant lie. when he states that, that is a blatant lie. i attended the debate last thursday and in that debate he made a specific statement around questions around this from the president and i will be honest with you, i almost up and screamed lie or and walked out because i was shocked that after four days or 5 days of being prepped for this that the biden family is taking that position to the world. >> reporter: emails show a closer link between joe biden and his son's joint venture with the chinese energy firm, republican say this raises red flags if biden becomes president. bobalinsky said he had concerns that the former vice president's

brother shrugged them off. >> joe decided not to run in 2016 but what if he ran in the future? are they taking a political risk or headline risk and i remember looking at jim biden saying how are you getting away with this? aren't you concerned? looked at me and laughed a little bit and said plausible deniability. >> the message showed hunter biden consulting with someone known as the chairman. there have been questions over whether that was a reference to a chinese business associate. bobalinsky says the chairman is joe biden. >> that's not me writing that, not me claiming that, that is hunter biden writing on his own phone typing i spoke with my chairman referencing his father, the chairman is not his father. and state to the world. >> this week a biden campaign spokesman said the former vice

president never considered being involved in business with his family nor any overseas business whatsoever. todd: a seconds ride in philadelphia after police killer black man armed with a knife. jillian: the national guard containing the violence. you haven't seen them yet. >> reporter: we haven't seen them. we are not sure what the plans are. i will tell you this. businesses in philadelphia knew this was going to happen, they put up plywood. you can see the looters ripped the plywood off and smashed through the glass and ran into the store and grabbed what they could creating havoc inside. some video from last night, dozens and dozens of people carrying tvs, christmas trees from a walmart nearby, someone we all the way a washing machine

on alali and we saw for locker and dollar general get looted as well. we saw police presence on the second night of unrest. one officer was injured in these classes. it comes hours after walter wallace senior pleaded with the public not to cause chaos. >> no violence, looting of stores and all this chaos. this violence and chaos reform in the city. jillian: this follows a brutal monday night with 90 people arrested, 30 officers injured as protests erupted in philadelphia following the fatal shooting of wallace junior. police, he had a criminal history, a knife he was holding but continued to move toward

those officers, each fired at him twee 7 times. the police commissioner said they do not have to days or is on them. the deputy promises a thorough investigation that does include reviewing body cam footage that is not been released. another dangerous night. we heard gunfire over and over again, thankfully things have quieted down. todd: stay safe. jillian: the illegal immigrant accused of murdering a veteran houston police sergeant will appear in court. elmer men's auto is charged with capital murder, he shot sergeant harold preston during a domestic disturbance call, convicted griddle from el salvador. mortars will pay their respects today during a public viewing.

41 year veteran of the department, he leaves behind the fiancé and daughter. doctor preston will be laid to rest friday. todd: the justice department launching an investigation into new jersey state run nursing homes. officials say they are concerned about the quality of care these facilities citing lack of cooperation with an earlier probe. governor phil murphy says the state relied on federal guidelines. the doj wants more information from new york health officials a nursing home facilities, later this hour, how that means new york is handling covid-19 restrictions. let's go outside fox news headquarters in new york city. it was a record-setting month, wrapping up october is the most-watched basic cable network for the 50 second straight month thanks to you. jillian: tucker carlson finishing the highest rated monthly viewership of any programming cable news history averaging 5 million nightly viewers. hannity averaging 5 million nightly viewers. thank you. todd: we want to thank people

who get up with us every morning in the early morning hours. you said you would write each of them in individual thank you note. 10 minutes after the hour. video for traffic worker holding on for dear life as an suv takes off. jillian: the fight for texas in full swing with 8 million votes cast. lands goodin reacts to the turnout next. ♪

jillian: nearly 8 million texans have voted early, the most in the country in a state known for low turnout. todd: what is driving the lone star state to the polls? joining us is lance, why is this happening?

>> both sides are enthusiastic, republicans turning out like never before but democrats are as well. i heard democratic leaders celebrating these huge turnouts in urban areas. we have record turnout as well. if everything is the same except high turnout on both sides, people overlook what few people know that early voting in urban areas, never more than a 2 mile distance for people to drive too but you go into rural counties in texas many of which are in my district sometimes 20 or 30 minute drive, people vote in election day, republicans will win big on election day and early voting. jillian: we take the polls for what they are, something happening right now. they will change even in the next couple days but let's look at this, presidential preference in texas right now, new york

times research institute poll, it is close. is it concerning that at this point texas is this close in the polls? >> i don't think so. every two years there is a close poll. i hear all the time texas is going. we heard this in the 10 cruise race and it was closer than we would have liked, there was a lot of energy and enthusiasm, we are seeing such high turnout numbers in rural areas keeping us in these urban areas. everything will be a wash in texas stays red at the end of the day. todd: texas tenzing in 10,000 troops, beginning supportive of stores ahead of the election. how worried are you about election violence and unrest? >> i'm worried about postelection because donald trump is going to win in the far left and all the crazies that were alluding and destroying businesses are going to come back and you can look at new york police department has suggested midtown businesses to bring in furniture and lock up

their belongings by election day, the governor is in cautious mode but it says a lot that dc, new york and these areas are encouraging businesses to prepare for violence. they think the president is likely to win. republicans, conservatives don't go out and bank up storefronts and break glass and protest and go crazy on election night when we lose which tells me the other side know that as well, the other side is preparing for the far left and antifa and all these rioters we had earlier in the year to come back in full force when donald trump is reelected president. jillian: thank you for joining us. todd: the left fuming over the confirmation of justice amy coney barrett. >> there will be consequences. >> we've got to have a wide open conversation how to rebalance our courts. >> we expand the court? >> reporter: joe thinks joe

biden will move to pack the high court if he wins, joe joins us live next. ♪ another one bites the dust ♪ and another one does ♪ and another one does ♪ another one bites the dust i feel like we're forgetting something.

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accord overall. jillian: media reporter joe khanchar, how surprised are you by hearing this? >> can we go below one? is that possible? pie is 3.one 4. this is the reaction we saw coming as far as this being projected for a while. here is the bottom line. if the democrats take the white house and they take the senate, therefore the filibuster will be abolished. the the only backstop remaining is the media in terms of scrutiny as far as the third branch of government, expanding the supreme court. if you don't think joe biden will expand the supreme court, look at what he said. first he avoided talking about

the topic, then said voters would have an answer before election day and now he says i'm going to if elected give 180 days for constitutional scholars, i hope michael avenatti is not on this list, to come back to tell me what i should do for court reform but i am sorry. of the house and senate are in democratic hand they will push as revenge for this nomination, this confirmation to expand the court to even things out which isn't the way things are supposed to work, ask ruth bader ginsburg who thought mine was the right number and there we go as far as media scrutinizing citing things like polls saying americans are decidedly against expanding the supreme court, you won't your much about that with what we've seen from the media. todd: you will see more on that poll, on your screen, 58% of americans are against expanding the size of the supreme court. you don't think in any way,

shape or form the people you see will dissuade the democrats? >> i don't think democrats are about the will of the people, it is about a power grab. once you have that power if you control the house, the senate and white house you will push through whatever you need to be done and try to sway those poles in some way, shape or form. we are predicting the future, this is all hypothetical and if donald trump wins and republicans keep the senate the question would be with they take the q and expand the supreme court based on democratic sentiment? i don't think that would be the case. jillian: another thing that doesn't surprise he was coverage between the two candidates, no tough questions for joe biden as we've seen play out. campaign stops in october the president with 27, joe biden with 18 and evening newscast more negative towards trump, and 94% negativity versus joe

biden's 34% negative coverage, your reaction? >> that is an amazing number, 92%, 66% positive for biden, 158 point differential for whatever that is worth. joe biden is only asked about donald trump, what do you think of donald trump, donald trump says this, your reaction. if you are teaching a class softball question literally is for politician define your opponent, pretty easy to do, you never hear questions about trade or educational gun policy or foreign-policy or law enforcement and that is why joe biden got a pass, not even softball, more t-ball, playing with a beach ball. i watch the world series last night. it kept me up, we have to rest up for that.

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jillian: we are back with extreme weather. they do regaining hurricane strength as it heads to the gulf coast, expected to make landfall in louisiana this afternoon. todd: the latest track with janice dean. >> janice: the storm is stronger than we expected, hurricane hunters have been investigating the system.

we expect the strong category 2 moving into louisiana, more vulnerable area to the east of the center of circulation that includes new orleans, storm surge totals will go up. now the hurricane center is saying life-threatening event. a lot of we need to take this very seriously especially the eastern side of louisiana towards mississippi. 5 am advisory, the new track, the new thing of concern is this will be a strong category 2 when you make landfall across the eastern portion of louisiana towards mississippi and alabama. we expect landfall afternoon into the evening hours but i am concerned because those storm surge totals will go up, storm surge, water moving inland is the number one killer when it comes to these hurricane so i hope everyone is taking this seriously.

jillian: they have been battered. thank you. todd: we are 6 days from the presidential election and whoever wins the white house with have a laundry list of foreign-policy hurdles. breaking down which candidate is more suited to become commander-in-chief, former cia station chief dan hoffman. let's set the table by going to the end of the book, what is the main foreign policy concern over the next four years? >> there are so many but one that stands out to me would be china, counterterrorism, negotiating a new arms deal with russia, north korea, those are the most we could be challenging national security issues and you can add iran to that list. todd: let's kick it off with terrorism breaking down the track records, starting with joe biden and terrorism. >> i think the hallmark of the

obama administration was the successful elimination of usama bin laden. there was a desire to reduce our military footprint but they did launch a major surge in afghanistan. that proved costly nationbuilding was out of the question. look at the trump administration we continue to wipe out al qaeda and use our partners to do that. afghan national security forces took out one of the chief lieutenants in ghazni. todd: let's not forget the finishing of isis during the trump administration in october of 2015 not looking like the jv team but nowhere on the map in october of 2019. china, a lot of people in the know saying china china china for years. let's compare the records. >> what we have seen in the past

few years is a contrast, chinese president xi in the rose garden promising not to authorize the south china sea and went on to do that. over the past four years this administration has a consensus where bipartisan agreement on the threat china poses whether it is taiwan, stealing intellectual property, unfair trade practices, conducting massive espionage, the question going forward is whether the trade deal stays in place, the pandemic hit hard, china is not going to meet the stated goals for the trade deal. where we go from there is an open question. todd: finally russia. breakdown the candidates when it comes to russia. >> the obama administration tried reset even though russia was occupy in georgia, sovereign

nation, launched an attack on georgia and that didn't work out too well and the russians -- they continue to do it today. that doesn't mean we shouldn't look for areas where we could solve major problems whether it is counterterrorism organized crime. the most important is the treaty the administration has been working on designed to curb the number of nuclear warheads going forward expires in february of 2021, definitely a key issue. todd: we send carley shimkus to talk to the people about what they think of foreign-policy. >> the biggest foreign-policy issue is how the united states has fallen down. >> trump has china and russia off balance.

>> terrorism under president obama and i think our president is doing a wonderful job stopping terrorism. >> you address the stuff we heard in that answer but to the first answer, on the world stage response. you in enforcing -- foreign-policy circles, you know what is going on it what people are saying, are we respected around the world during the trump administration? >> that is such an expensive question. i can tell you when you look at the scorecard, eliminating baghdadi, the leader of al qaeda, and the most dangerous terrorist since usama bin laden. if you look the way terrorists look at it, they will respect the united states throw away and our adversaries will try to target us and diminish our standing in the world. that is the way it is when you are leader of the free world.

>> it will be interesting to see how this comes with foreign-policy. it is a pleasure. jillian: lawmakers control content. a live report next.

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todd: ceos from twitter, facebook and google will appear before senate committee. >> questions on censoring content on their platforms. >> things are expected to heat up on capitol hill, the ceos appeared virtually before the senate commerce committee to testify earlier this month. senator ted cruz led the charge after criticizing the social media giant, regulating platforms. i spoke about what to expect from today's hearing. >> not the role of silicon valley billionaires to be censoring the american people or the media. not their role to decide what is news and what isn't and what we get to hear going into an election. jillian: the hearing comes after twitter and facebook came under fire for censoring a new york post story about hunter biden's alleged email on his overseas

business dealings. they will speak to the communications act. the rule shielding social media companies from being held liable for content on their platforms, allow them to moderate the content. senator ted cruz warns any moderation could influence next week's election. >> this is a profound threat to free and fair elections and we need to treat it seriously and stop big tech's abuse of power. jillian: a twitter spokesman said ceo jack dorsey is expected to testify on how to make section 233 more, quote, resilient, where the internet is now. jillian: a big day is a lot of questions. todd: what are twitter and facebook saying ahead of the election? >> the company is prepared for the election. he claims they have been tackling false and misleading claims about voting ahead of election day.

time to check in with steve doocy for what is coming up on "fox and friends". >> coming up, philadelphia hit with another night of living and violence. we will take you to philly for the latest. it is 18 minutes away. hunter biden's former business associate tony bob is abelinsky, jonathan turley will react to the latest. we are 6 days from the election. will texas turn blue? can trump when the badger state. and former with johnson, giano caldwell said evidence of hidden trumpeters and voting blocs you would not expect.

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jillian: welcome back. orthodox jews, feel unfairly targeting their community. video evidence to prove it. >> we will be back shortly. jillian: the business owner threatened with a summons, when witnesses say there was no one

inside his shop. new york post columnist joins me to react, good to see you this morning. what are people saying? >> they see they are being targeted, all the videos coming out of people coming to empty schools and empty businesses to make their lives harder and things, to be outraged and the regulations. and bill diblasio. jillian: do they feel they are being targeted because of their religion? cases are rising? they have nothing to do with that.

>> there is an element the community looks different, this is where the spike is happening. anyone can look at neighborhoods where spikes are happening, jewish communities, this is a big smokescreen. it was an easy target, it didn't seem as important to defend these people to live their lives. jillian: if they won't fully reopen schools despite what science says, when will play? when did you decide to write this? >> i'm concerned that a year from now our schools won't be open full-time either. i don't see what changes a year from now.

until 2022, anthony fauci says we will be social distance and sent wearing masks by then. if we are social distancing a year from now schools will remain in the purgatory they are in that they are open part of the time, entirely virtual, a giant concern that we will continue to do so. jillian: covid-19 cases are low among students and staff, positivity rates, look at this, new york city education chancellor signals long-term virtual learning, there is an opportunity that we don't want to pass by, virtual learning, digital content, digital support will always be part of the new normal as we educate students. they are always part of the new normal. you undermines her what the effect is going to be on kids particularly young kids trying to develop social skills.

>> virtual, expanding into the new normal, anyone with experience around children, get kids back to school, 5 days a week as fast as possible, give them their education back. jillian: thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> hunter biden's ask business partner speaking out in an exclusive interview. >> no knowledge whatsoever of his son's business dealings. todd: calling out joe biden for his alleged involvement in his son's business dealings, pam bondi reacting to those bombshell claims next. - [narrator] welcome to intelligent, indoor grilling with the ninja foodi smart xl grill.

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with his son after president trump granted him clemens on a 30 year drug conviction. >> the second best gift in life was given to me by president donald trump. that day when i was able to be in my life. i was given a life sentence. a double life sentence at first that was reduced to 30 years. so that day right there. is the second best thing besides getting my salvation. todd: president trump granting clemens to five people yesterday. including tanner. >> the former vice president has said he had no knowledge whatsoever of his son's business dealings. >> that's a blatant lie. and in that debate he made a specific statement around questions around this from the president and i will be honest with you. i almost stood up and screamed liar and walked out because i was shocked that after four days or five days of prep for this, that the biden family is taking

that position to the world. jillian: a former biden family business associate accusing the former vice president of lying. he said he had a hand in hunter's business dealings despite his denials. todd: joining us now former florida attorney general and trump legal aide pam bondy. pam, your reaction to this interview? >> well, it's very compelling and very important for the american people to see this and to hear this. and not only does lieutenant bobulinski have statements, he also has the emails and text messages from hunter biden. from devin archer, from these guys directly to him saying that joe biden was involved in these foreign biz -- shadiy is an under statement. foreign shadi shady business des together. jillian: what do you think will happen if joe biden is elected president in the next week.

>> we saw what would have happened in 2016 had hillary been elected. in 2016 everything we know about russia that turned out to be fake, they wiretapped. they spied on a presidential campaign with forged documents and had hillary clinton won we had never ever found out about this. if joe biden becomes president of the united states, all of this will disappear. not only that look what happened when he was vice president. imagine what would happen if he was president of the united states. with his family. with jim biden and hunter biden all these documents compromising to the security of our country. todd: to follow up on that, pam is, joe biden in any legal jeopardy if any of this is proven true. >> if proven true, of course he is in legal jeopardy. he knows it. that's one of the reasons he is laying very low in his basement still. not coming out. not doing -- president trump is doing rallies. taking questions from all reporters.

joe biden is doing nothing. i think they are in there doing damage control try to keep it quiet. hunter biden should be very, very concerned right now. we do know that the fbi said that they had hunter biden's laptop and it was part of a money laundering investigation. which makes perfect sense. you know, back had his dealings, his corrupt dealings with the ukraine. you follow the money. that's how you find out what else he has done other countries and sources where he has his money hidden and who else could be potentially involved. we know they had all these llcs set up. according to the witness last night who was on tucker carlson, he met with joe biden more than once. he met with hunter biden constantly. they were business partners. joe biden was referred to as the big guy and was in on all of this, which, again, when you are vice president of the united states could come mow prize our national security. that's why it's so important. jillian: let's talk about this here for a second, pam before we

let did you go. former president barack obama holds a drive-in rally for joe biden in orlando. take a numbers right here. the president does hold the lead in the florida polls although very slim margin as you can see. what do you think is going to happen in florida? is this boost by former president obama going to help joe biden to push him over the edge or will it be red? >> well, for instance, in my miami-dade. barack obama was down there. and i think he had -- this is a former sitting president, of course, he had about the reports that were least favorable touts said he had about 250 cars down there. it didn't look like near that many to me. look at ivanka trump, i was with ivanka in sarasota yesterday. ivanka had over 2500 people. so, you can't even compare that. that's the president's daughter versus a former sitting president of the united states. and, have you seen these rallies, president trump in the villages. thousands and thousands of people. he will be all over florida in

the next week. and he knows it's a palm state we are up. yesterday alone republicans voted 55,000. 52 -- todd: thank you, pam, "fox & friends" starts now. >> thank you. ♪ jillian: 1,000 looters ransack philadelphia in a second night of unrest. >> take a look at what this did walmart. foliage all over the floor. >>ing this defund the police movement. >> this election is a choice between a trump super recovery or a biden depression. >> i believe this election is about who we are as a nation. what we believe. >> i remember looking at jim biden and saying how are you guys getting away with this and he looked at me and laughed a little bit and said plausibility didn't. >> should we expand the court? let's take a look and see.